United Watershed States of America

Thanks, John Powell! You had it right! This is what our country could have looked like:

Water conflicts in this country would completely different, and the cities probably would be as well. See here for more information and source: http://communitybuilders.net/the-united-watershed-states-of-america/

The Big Thompson River overflowing it's banks and causing widespread damage to Colorado U.S. 34 in the Big Thompson Canyon after recent flooding in Larimer County Colorado Saturday morning, September 14, 2013. (Photo By Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

A section of Colorado U.S. 34, completely washed out from recent flooding of the Big Thompson River in the Big Thompson Canyon in Larimer County Colorado Saturday morning, September 14, 2013. (Photo By Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

A large section of Colorado U.S. 34, completely washed out from recent flooding of the Big Thompson River in the Big Thompson Canyon in Larimer County Colorado Saturday morning, September 14, 2013. (Photo By Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

gorgeous photos of the flood from above

At the Denver Post.

boulderfloodrelief.org

Inside the Colorado Deluge

Here is a helpful article to explain better what is going on here in Boulder: Inside the Colorado Deluge. This is an historic flood and will be studied for a long time!

boulder flooding 9.14.13

 

near 7th avenue

near 7th avenue

wave in the street on 7th

broken pavement on 7th

the garden turned into a fountain

the water was roaring

this camper was originally up on the next block, on the other side of the street

house as diversion

more broken pavement

hydrograph for boulder creek in central boulder

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=bou&gage=bocc2

NOAA weather updates

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/

OEM - live updates on the flood

http://www.boulderoem.org/emergency-status

the vanishing point

something amazing:

5th Nordic Geographers' Meeting: Reykjavik

Enclosing resources:  financializing (second) nature I
Chair: Eric Clark
Parallel session A – Wednesday, 12 June, 13:15-14:45
Location: Room 1 – Lögberg 101
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Mine Islar
The (un)sustainability of natural resource enclosure in Turkey, South Africa and Ecuador

Su-Bing Chang
River enclosure: Struggles over the Choshui River in central Taiwan

Kathleen Kambic
Resilient infrastructure: Opportunities for urban space and water resources

This American Life - Good Story about Colorado

This American Life- Hot in My Backyard

good stories about climate change that you might not have heard over and over and over, including one about summer 2012 in Colorado

low cost solar water pumps

helping third world farmers irrigate their crops.
less fossil fuels, more opportunity.

high plains aquifer is diminishing

Kansas farmers can no longer tend their fields. Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Nebraska are affected as well. A new Dustbowl is coming. The graphic of the aquifer is telling.

climate refugees - melting ice

Newtok, Alaska will become unihabitable in the next decade. Its residents are the first climate refugees.

Shutoken Gaikaku Housui Ro, or the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel

Tokyo is unafraid of scale.

here and here, for starters. 

you must bring your own interpreter in case there is a flood and evacuations need to occur quickly.

courtesy

BASILICA CISTERNS OF ISTANBUL

gorgeous photos of an underground marvel

Justinian understood the beauty of infrastructure

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syria, politics and water

if the land can't produce food, people aren't going to put up with it for long.

“...the “Jafaf,” or drought, [is] one of the key drivers of the Syrian war. In an age of climate change, we’re likely to see many more such conflicts.

“The drought did not cause Syria’s civil war,” said the Syrian economist Samir Aita, but, he added, the failure of the government to respond to the drought played a huge role in fueling the uprising.”

mines and bacteria in old water

Oldest Water On Earth Found In Canadian Mine, May Hold Clues To Ancient Life

also, here 

crop insurance, politics and taxes in colorado

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/us/politics/record-taxpayer-cost-is-seen-for-crop-insurance.html?ref=us&_r=0

global warming is swamping us

New Levees for New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2013/01/global_warming_is_swamping_us.html

safe drinking water elusive in california

Why Federal Efforts to Ensure Clean Tap Water Fail to Reach Faucets Nationwide

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/us/safe-drinking-water-elusive-for-many-in-california.html?hp&_r=1&

#wellwater

#nitrates

According to Jared Blumenfeld, the regional administrator of the E.P.A., nearly a quarter of all the small water systems in California are in the Central Valley. One-quarter of these dispense water that fails to meet all of the E.P.A’s health requirements

the world without water

now that we are at the end.

i want to share this with you. although it is most pertinent to graduates, i think all of you will find value in listening to these thoughts from david foster wallace.

this is water.

getting close....

Neat Idea..go green

http://www.houzz.com/photos/3669800/A-Sacred-Space-to-Bathe-by-siol-contemporary-bathroom-san-francisco

Studio & Channel Construction Photos

Information Graphics

I just happened across this book for anyone who is interested, especially my homies in the graphics crew. It's called Information Graphics and covers everything one needs to know about infographics.

Water Changes Everything

Ad campaign done by Charity Water

This is neat...Google Earth

Google Maps Provides A Whole New World Of Aerial Photography

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/84212/google-maps-provides-a-whole-new-world-of-aerial-photography/#.UX3gU7WG0fU

Take a look

This reminded me of the Hexagon idea, the fabric and light, and the flow of the material in this image is beautiful..

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/84047/sunbrella-invites-architects-to-imagine-the-future-of-shade/#.UX3dk7WG0fV

Constructing

Spider-inspired water repellent

I hate spiders, but this is kind of cool...

http://www.greenbang.com/spider-inspired-surface-a-nearly-perfect-water-repellent_13727.html

CU is into conserving water!

"Don't be a drip."

This page has both suggestions to conserve on campus and links for more information.

http://www.colorado.edu/node/2981771

Working at CINC

Colorado River tops 2013 endangered waterways list

list produced by American Rivers, Protect the Flows and Nuestro Rio.

From the AP: Drought and demand are pushing the Colorado River beyond its limits — with the needs of more than 40 million people in seven Western states projected to outstrip dwindling supply over the next 50 years, according to an advocacy group's report on endangered rivers released on Wednesday.

The article is here.

The Water Shed

competition board

Inspired by nature

This is a very cool looking building, the balconies look like leaves..so cool

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dteil/favorites/with/4916021980/lightbox/

how to make plywood chair! check it out..

If you liked to make your own plywood chair, here is how..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dteil/favorites/with/4797164691/lightbox/

Water like building

I came across this image and it caught my eye because of the movement and colors and reflection of the building. Love the flow of this structure..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dteil/favorites/with/4571033121/lightbox/

Cardboard Ceiling

This reminded me of our Hexagon ceiling. This is so beautiful, and the play of light, structure, and color just makes this place so interesting and makes a person want to be in that space. I know I would love to see this structure, feel it, be part of it and stand under it....

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/adonline/2557241381/

water footprints- might be a good site to direct visitors to via QR code

waterfootprint.org

Graphics group-Good source for facts and info

Here is a nice list of facts that might be useful to us. It is from the Colorado Watershed Assembly.
their site has even more if you are interested
Water in Colorado

• In Colorado, the Rocky Mountains create the headwaters for 4 regional watersheds that eventually supply water to some 19 Western states. Those 4 regional watersheds are the Arkansas, Colorado, Rio Grande and Missouri (South Platte).
• There are 8 major basins that are designated by the state of Colorado and represented by roundtables: Arkansas Basin, Colorado Basin, Gunnison Basin, Metro and South Platte Basin, North Platte Basin, Rio Grande Basin, Southwest Basin,Yampa/White Basin. Visit the Colorado Water Conservation Board website
• Riparian habitat makes up less than 3% of the land in Colorado, but is used by over 90% of the wildlife in the state.
• Almost 90% of Colorado’s naturally occurring lakes are found at altitudes above 9,000 feet.
• Over 1,300 miles of streams in Colorado are impacted by metals as a result of acid mine drainage.
• There are more than 9,000 miles of streams and 2,000 lakes and reservoirs open to fishing in Colorado.

• 18% of Colorado’s population relies on ground water.Ground water represents only about 17% of all water diverted.

• Colorado Division of Water Resources issues over 8,000 well permits per year (70% domestic).
• In Colorado, water is a separate property right that can be sold separately from the land
• The Prior Appropriation Doctrine entitles those who put water to use first to get their water first during periods of water shortage. In 1879, Colorado established Water Commissioners to distribute water rights in priority based upon principle of“First In Time... First In Right”
• Water deliveries in CO by percent are 86% towards agriculture, 7% municipal/domestic, 3% recreation/fisheries, 2% industrial/commercial, 1% augmentation, 1% recharge. 
• The Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act (2005) creates a collaborative process which establishes structure to deal with how the state addresses its water challenges.  It does so by setting up a framework providing a permanent forum for broad-based water discussions. It creates two new structures: 1. The Interbasin Compact Committee, a state-wide committee addressing issues between basins; and 2. The Basin Roundtables.

New law will allow for more gray water use in colorado

see/listen to the colorado public radio story

Aerial Data Visualisation

Some really cool graphical representation done by PBS of regional statistics and data in the United States.

Aerial Data Visualisation Reveals Life In The United States

mock up

here is a mockup of the structure with joints and pins mocked up as well.

Cardboard Structures

Here's a link to some structures built out of cardboard. I especially like the Suppose Design Office, it reminds me of our hexagon roof but with the paper tubing instead.

The World's Rivers and Peaks

This is a pretty neat graphic I've known about for some time but had completely forgot about until now. It's basically the world's longest rivers and highest peaks stretched out and laid next to one another to understand their masses relatively. Unfortunately the numbers relative to the peak names is M.I.A. but I'll continue to look for it.

EPA Water Use per Person and % Growth by State

Its a few years old but still an interesting graphic non the less

Floating in Sound?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=qIp8ESDshEw

Check this out! Amazing sound and water experiment by Vibration of the speaker

This is pretty cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENITui5_jU

Rain drop falling/movement -Audio group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmnEn3k3Q2I

Snap Frames

for content that is mounted on the sides of the channel we should consider using snap frames. this will allow us to permanently mount something designed to display a poster and also allow for the museum to change out the content or posters when necessary.

frames

Los Angeles water issues

The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued new rules that include strong incentives for cities to work together on projects that capture and filter rainwater in the ground. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/us/los-angeles-plan-to-turn-pollution-into-drinking-water.html?hp&_r=0

"Poisoned by Plastic", Article about your Health

Poisoned by plastic: Chemicals in water bottles and food packaging have been linked to infertility and birth defects. Scaremongering, or the truth??


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2157423/Poisoned-plastic-Chemicals-water-bottles-food-packaging-linked-infertility-birth-defects-Scaremongering-truth.html

Video: The story of Bottled water: "Might want to rethink about Bottled water".

My Poster was about Tap vs Bottled water and I have been doing some research and came across this video. Please watch this as you might re-think about the Bottled water you purchase at any convenience store!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zn0qi80IIY

infographics - please view

                                                     http://visual.ly/world-water-day-2013